---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure The Quality Of Bottled Water"
description: "An Act To Ensure The Quality Of Bottled Water"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1248"
citation: "Maine LD 1248 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PFAS IN BOTTLED WATER", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "SAFE DRINKING WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lori GRAMLICH"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-21"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3feb9f12-c62a-45fa-a625-61b07202ed11"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087818"
source_hash: "d2bd12064d2e684288d099112ccd65ad13008869acdb2d50c7371bc4c216b98d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 1248 (131) — An Act To Ensure The Quality Of Bottled Water

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0796&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0796&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0796&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0796&item=4&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Lori GRAMLICH — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel SAYRE — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca JAUCH — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-21** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-03-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-08** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-08** On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
- **2023-06-08** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-15** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-15** Subsequently, on motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-15** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (H-389) was READ.
- **2023-06-15** On motion of Representative GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach, House Amendment "A" (H-483) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-389) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (H-389) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-483) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-389) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-483) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-16** Reports READ
- **2023-06-16** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-06-16** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-389) READ
- **2023-06-16** House Amendment "A" (H-483) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-389) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-389) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-483) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-389) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-483) thereto in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3feb9f12-c62a-45fa-a625-61b07202ed11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).